Enhancing Self-Confidence in Early Adolescents from Divorced Families: A Nature-Based Group Guidance Intervention via Eco-Art
Keywords:
Group guidance, Eco-art therapy, Self-confidence, Early adolescence, Parental divorce, School counselingAbstract
Background: Parental divorce and family disruption frequently precipitate severe internalizing difficulties and diminished self-confidence among early adolescents, presenting a critical challenge for school-based psychological interventions.
Objective: This study evaluated the effectiveness of integrating eco-art media into structured group guidance to enhance self-confidence among early adolescents originating from parental divorce backgrounds.
Methods: A quantitative pre-experimental design utilizing a One-Group Pretest-Posttest framework was conducted at SMP Negeri 52 Bekasi, Indonesia. Eleven early adolescents meeting specific vulnerability criteria (moderate-to-low baseline self-confidence, parental divorce background) were selected through purposive sampling. The intervention spanned six 90-minute sessions incorporating natural media (rock painting and organic collages). Data were gathered using a validated 45-item self-confidence scale (Cronbach’s α = 0.918) and analyzed using the Shapiro-Wilk test and Paired Sample t-Test.
Results: Shapiro-Wilk tests confirmed normal data distribution (p > 0.05). Following the 6-session intervention, mean self-confidence scores increased significantly from 100.18 (SD = 9.87) at pre-test to 131.82 (SD = 9.12) at post-test. The Paired Sample t-Test demonstrated a highly significant therapeutic gain (t(10) = -25.408, p < 0.001, 95% CI [-34.41, -28.86]), with 100% of participants displaying measurable individual score improvements.
Conclusion: Group guidance leveraging eco-art media serves as a non-threatening, sensorially grounding, and highly effective expressive intervention for restoring self-worth in adolescents facing family disruption. Future studies should employ randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to confirm causal efficacy.
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